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Small cell and small-cell subscriber management method

  • US 10,448,220 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2017
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A small-cell subscriber management method, comprising:

  • receiving, by a small cell, an access request from an access terminal, wherein the access request carries international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) information of the access terminal;

    determining, by the small cell, whether an IMSI of the access terminal is in a closed subscriber group (CSG) subscriber list of the small cell;

    allowing, by the small cell, the access terminal to access the small cell when the IMSI of the access terminal is in the CSG subscriber list;

    obtaining, by the small cell, an access number corresponding to the IMSI from a server when the IMSI of the access terminal is not in the CSG subscriber list of the small cell;

    requesting, by the small cell, a management terminal to determine whether to allow adding the access terminal to the CSG subscriber list when the access number of the access terminal is not in the CSG subscriber list of the small cell, wherein the management terminal makes the determination either based on a user instruction or based on performing matching between the access number of the access terminal and contacts or call records of the management terminal;

    receiving, by the small cell, a determining result of the management terminal; and

    determining, according to the determining result, whether to allow adding the IMSI of the access terminal or the access number of the access terminal to the CSG subscriber list of the small cell.

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